[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Science, technology and education](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science) › [Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021) › c11.s2.6 # Vada in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s2.6 Vāda in Theory and Practice: Studies in Debates, Dialogues and Discussions in Indian Intellectual Discourses c11.s2.6 - **Language:** English ### [c11.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.6) It seems that the Company was availing the services of several \*paṇḍits\* for preparing the manuals like \*Vivādārṇavasetu\* and \*Vivādabhaṅgārṇavasetu\*. Michael Dodson refers to the employment of the well-known \*paṇḍit\* Bāṇeśvara Vidyālaṁkāra in 1773 to work for Company’s first legal digest, the \*Vivādārṇavasetu\*. He was hired from Maharaja Nabakrishna, a prominent merchant and bania to Lord Clive. Nabakrishna maintained a \*sabhā\* of \*paṇḍits\* and poets. Later Radhakanta Tarkavagish and Jagananth Tarkapanchanan were hired to prepare the second legal digest. Radhakanta Tarkavagish also composed \*Purāṇārthaprakāśa\* for Hastings.¹⁶ - [Previous: c11.s2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.5) - [Next: c11.s2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.7) - [Up: c11.s2](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2) ## Cites (1) - [Vivādārṇavasetu](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vyavahara.vivada.vivadarnavasetu) — Several paṇḍits 1748, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.science.tripathi-2021.c11.s2.6) · Pramāṇa